End your story with a truth coming to light.

Posted in Horror on Oct 25, 2022

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“Shattered Hero” by Sydney Clemmer

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It was a long night, a night of curiosity, confusion, regret, guilt, sadness, trauma, desperation, compulsion, and solitude. She started off the evening by eating a low-grade dinner in the ragged red lazy-boy downstairs. Covered in copious amounts of dog hair and grime, she ate. Staring at her phone, watching a movie, she distracted herself from reality as it was too harsh. Come around 11 pm and her family was as quiet as the night itself, only once and awhile would she hear distant snoring. Suddenly, her biggest sword swiftly punctured righ...

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“Breaking Free” by Jennifer Berg

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Trigger warning: talks about psychological abuse Stephen Stephen Williams lay down on the sofa in the dark library. He had a migraine, which was a daily thing for him, and his mother had insisted he stop what he was doing and lay down until it had passed. He hated the migraines, what he hated more is the fact that the medication he was prescribed only seemed to make it worse. There were days when he felt like they weren't as bad but mother still insisted he had to stop and rest. "If you don't it will get worse Stephen dear, you know that. ...

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“Abandoned” by Nandini Vanmali

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Finishing up their volunteering shifts at the hospital in a small town, hours away from their homes, 3 friends, Katrina, Everest, and Lauren, decided to walk to the nearest restaurant to pick up some sushi for their growling, empty stomachs. It was foggy and windy outside, which none of them liked and the walk to the restaurant was 20 minutes long. While walking, they felt wetness starting to trickle down their restless faces. They look up to see dark, empty clouds facing them. They kept walking. Then, hard, cold rain started pouring down he...

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“The Trail of The Map” by Teslimat Ishaq

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He knew he should not have listen at all because the moment he does he won't be able to help himself out of it. But he does. God knows he want to see what the outside he spent all his days drawing look like. It was a surprise to all when he came out before the emperor and take the job of mapping out the land far inside the jungle. His father is the map maker not him but who is so strong to go against the will of the heaven. His father had gone on the water to take a look at the land on the water. That year the army had conquer the Northland ...

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End your story with a truth coming to light.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 184 stories

“Shattered Hero” by Sydney Clemmer

“Breaking Free” by Jennifer Berg

“Abandoned” by Nandini Vanmali

“The Trail of The Map” by Teslimat Ishaq

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story that begins in the light and ends in darkness, or the other way around.

Set your story in a countryside house that’s filled with shadows.

Write about a character who thinks they have a sun allergy.

Write a story set in a city where the power suddenly goes out, leaving everyone in darkness.

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